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weirdmom Posted Tue 24 Feb, 2009 6:55 PM |
Often when I drink red wine it tastes salty to me. Obviously I know it's not really salt I'm tasting but that is the closest description I can think of.
When I drink a red wine that doesn't have this saltiness factor to it I really like it. I've tried to figure out what element of the wine makes it taste that way to me so I can avoid that type of wine but I haven't been able to detect a pattern.
Anyone heard of this? Have any suggestions?
(yes I googled it) |
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kiwi Posted Tue 24 Feb, 2009 6:59 PM |
The type of cask it was held in?
Was it bottled (or whatever) near the sea?
Or grown near the sea?
I'm pretty ignorant to alcohol, but I studyed Whiskey a bit which went on about 'grass' and 'chocolate' tastes haha. |
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weirdmom Posted Tue 24 Feb, 2009 7:02 PM |
| Don't know. Just know a lot of them taste this way to me. |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 24 Feb, 2009 9:20 PM |
just drink rioja or maipo valley
salt builds up in the ground where there's irrigation . if it's cali wine thats probaly it . |
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DavesUrMan Posted Tue 24 Feb, 2009 10:21 PM |
no trend in cost at all?
And remember theres not just cheap to expensive, theres a moderate line as well.
I know what taste you mean and for me I often find it in the cheapest of the cheap. |
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weirdmom Posted Tue 24 Feb, 2009 10:27 PM |
Ric if it's from the irrigation how come no one else who is drinking from the same bottle tastes it?
Yeah I've even tasted it when I am drinking a more pricey bottle.
But I am glad to know someone knows what I am talking about.
I'll have to be more methodical and pay more attention to what kind I am drinking to try and figure this out I guess. |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 24 Feb, 2009 10:32 PM |
I found this off bigredliquors.com:
Almost no wine is salty except for Fino or Manzanilla sherry, whose saltiness derives from the proximity of the production facilities to the sea. In addition, some vines that have been irrigated with brackish water, especially in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France, or Riverland in Australia, may produce wines with higher than normal salt levels. |
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Aída Posted Tue 24 Feb, 2009 10:41 PM |
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sorry angel Posted Wed 25 Feb, 2009 5:48 PM |
have you looked into the actualy type of grape the wine you're drinking if produced with? That will affect strongly the taste.
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weirdmom Posted Wed 25 Feb, 2009 6:01 PM |
sorry angel wrote: have you looked into the actualy type of grape the wine you're drinking if produced with? That will affect strongly the taste.
That is what I wonder. Clearly I haven't paid enough attention. The problem is I don't exactly have the dough to buy 10 bottles of wine and figure it out.
I obviously need to start a list of the wine I try and whether or not it has the salty weird taste. Though few and far between the ones that don't taste this way to me are delightful. |
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